NEW UPDATE! 2.4 Gingerbread YAYA

**Baconator** · 01-06-2011, 01:07 AM

No I did not make a mistake. I really meant 2.4 Gingerbread. According to Engadget they have a picture of a Xperia Arc running a 2.4 Gingerbread. This is supposed to be an update to bring fixes to some bugs and it will add a lot of stuff they didn't add in Gingerbread 2.3. Possibly bringing the Nexus S HD recording, zoom, contact grouping, etc... This will bring users what 2.3 didn't. It is just like eclair going from 2.0 to 2.1. This could happen any day now! You can read engadget's article here.

Post you thoughts here. Tell me what you think.

**Gone24** · 01-06-2011, 01:45 AM

hopefully the update brings all of the stuff you mentioned to the nexus s!! I will be patiently waiting for the OTA!!

**Baconator** · 01-06-2011, 01:46 AM

Ikr. I can't wait.

**DPtheKid** · 01-06-2011, 03:47 AM

woot woot can't wait! I herd it could be awhile!

**Baconator** · 01-06-2011, 04:03 AM

Yeah so did I but I can wait. Gingerbread is good for now.

**trekkie1701c** · 01-06-2011, 07:25 PM

Want to see it before I believe it; just seeing the version number doesn't mean anything (I actually have a thread up to fake the OS version on my phone to 2.3.1 rather than 2.2.1). And wouldn't put it past a site to make up some unverifiable news to get listed on bigger sites and thus generate traffic :P

**Baconator** · 01-06-2011, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by trekkie1701c

Want to see it before I believe it; just seeing the version number doesn't mean anything (I actually have a thread up to fake the OS version on my phone to 2.3.1 rather than 2.2.1). And wouldn't put it past a site to make up some unverifiable news to get listed on bigger sites and thus generate traffic :P

Good point. But you NEVER know. Unless you work at Google.

**Chris Kerrigan** · 01-06-2011, 11:23 PM

Kind of odd that Google didn't go the route of 2.3.1 or something like that. I guess it doesn't truly matter though, seeing as how Honeycomb will be 3.0.

**tmacfan4321** · 01-07-2011, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Chris Kerrigan

Kind of odd that Google didn't go the route of 2.3.1 or something like that. I guess it doesn't truly matter though, seeing as how Honeycomb will be 3.0.

I believe that 2.3.1 is already out. I'm pretty sure that the source code is 2.3.1 actually.

I guess that 2.4 has some major stuff in it that warranted a tenth of a point.

**Kyle Gibb** · 01-07-2011, 03:52 PM

Did a blog post about this... but supposedly 2.4 will have video chat with Google Talk. But lets focus on getting those 2.3 updates pushed out before we start talking about 2.4 eh?

**Brett** · 01-07-2011, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by Chris Kerrigan

Kind of odd that Google didn't go the route of 2.3.1 or something like that. I guess it doesn't truly matter though, seeing as how Honeycomb will be 3.0.

I agree but look at 2.0 and 2.1. They were both considered Eclair and yet it had a slightly different UI. I don't know what to make of this but from what Jerry said on a previous podcast about Gingerbread does not support dual core processors currently, maybe this is the answer. Who knows.

**crispybbq** · 01-07-2011, 08:12 PM

If 3.0 is exclusively tablet, that may mean that 2.x will be for handsets and similar devices. This makes 2.4 sound like a major update, and after 2.x, will the versions unify? If so, when? I don't like the idea of say, two versions of Android 4.0, one for smartphones, one for tablets... It sound very Windows-like :P

That aside, if this is really 2.4 this bring an API level 10 to the SDK? Maybe it'll just be a revision of Level 9...

**Chris Kerrigan** · 01-07-2011, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by crispybbq

If 3.0 is exclusively tablet, that may mean that 2.x will be for handsets and similar devices. This makes 2.4 sound like a major update, and after 2.x, will the versions unify? If so, when? I don't like the idea of say, two versions of Android 4.0, one for smartphones, one for tablets... It sound very Windows-like :P

That aside, if this is really 2.4 this bring an API level 10 to the SDK? Maybe it'll just be a revision of Level 9...

3.0 won't be exclusively tablet. There will be essentially two "versions" of Honeycomb -- one optimized for tablets and one for phones.

**carbon** · 01-10-2011, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by Brett

I agree but look at 2.0 and 2.1. They were both considered Eclair and yet it had a slightly different UI. I don't know what to make of this but from what Jerry said on a previous podcast about Gingerbread does not support dual core processors currently, maybe this is the answer. Who knows.

Like Windows98/98SE...

Now with new splash screen and improved USB support!

**Go Android!** · 01-10-2011, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Baconator

No I did not make a mistake. I really meant 2.4 Gingerbread. According to Engadget they have a picture of a Xperia Arc running a 2.4 Gingerbread. This is supposed to be an update to bring fixes to some bugs and it will add a lot of stuff they didn't add in Gingerbread 2.3. Possibly bringing the Nexus S HD recording, zoom, contact grouping, etc... This will bring users what 2.3 didn't. It is just like eclair going from 2.0 to 2.1. This could happen any day now! You can read engadget's article here.

Post you thoughts here. Tell me what you think.

Sony Ericsson said it was a mistake and it's suppose to be 2.3. But Ice Cream may be 2.4!